Baseball's movers and shakers will gather at the Winter Meetings to kick some tires, weather sticker-shock and raise some headlines and hopes. But this year, the buzz could be deafening. Guess that's what happens when the sport's top pitcher and one of its best young players are put into a symbolic showcase in the lobby.

So as the Winter Meetings get set to convene in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, might the Red Sox -- even as well-positioned as they are coming off their World Series championship -- make another blockbuster move?

Reinforcements in the form of young, high-ceiling talent have sprinkled on the scene, but now the Yankees reach another crossroads. Can they allow this youth to develop into reliable big leaguers or is it time to return to cashing chips for more established personnel?